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a few minutes late and we're going to go ahead in stereo anything and they'll be
joining us Councilman the county DA sometime. During that week to see how
the deal with them is playing in. Our discussion
a tense night in the sky. And I am. Going to try to know the city manager can step
into. That I think you're going to see two elements gives here again
giving presentations and educate every one of those medical marijuana laws and some
of the changes so I'm sure the OK Now in this presentation oh fifteen
minutes yes it's better to how quickly are taught to us and so it's like
a presentation and we did submit it to City Hall so we're going to try for
a result of this because some reason why it's all right in favor of how we were
summarized several of them of course. At the question just what we know before you
start any receipt you have to do this is this without also with the presentation
for your information. Or oh we were to address but
where I wanted Troy specifically were dressed asked to address two faces one is the
. Growing operations. That are allowed under the. Medical Marijuana Act of
two thousand and eight as well as the new commercial facilities that are allowed
under the new law that was passed in twenty sixteen of the state license of. Course
you have to start with
a discussion about marijuana United States and I think this out because if you look
at the room this is we spell marijuana with
a jag but other medical marijuana laws spell it with age so it's it's it's it's up
or spelling either way I just adore people who think I don't want to spell So
sometimes you change it sometimes with
a day but for appropriate spellings. Right marijuana
is OK go under fire the wrong whether it's mother her brother writers every single
medical model operation medical marijuana facility in the United States is
a violation of federal law right now it's illegal to possess it is legal to sell it
the legal to grow it all over the previous better administration has taken the
position that it's largest the. People using medical marijuana comply with the
state laws the prosecution this is not
a high priority so in essence medical marijuana facilities are not being prosecuted
but
a lot of that it's time. Back to our twenty nine states that have authorized the illegal
use of medical marijuana. Are A States including the District of Columbia actually
they devised recreational marijuana. The main green. That's the best
a person's brain that can is going to contain the marijuana is of course T.H.C.
And the main way that it is in just in the human body is through smoking However it
can also be adjusted throughout was going to marijuana infuse products coming on as
edibles or miles. Next Friday our purpose is kind of to show you how the medical
marijuana industry packages those. As you can see it looks like soda pop candy bars
or fruit juice and that's
a little scary sometimes especially when you're dealing with children. In Michigan
as most of you know that in two thousand and eight a voter initiated
a law was passed that allows for the medical use of marijuana the wrongs that
actually make marijuana legal in Michigan what it actually says is if you are
a registered patient or
a registered caregiver your or under the other the yeah you're right I'm using for
prosecution provided that you're involved with the medical use of marijuana of
course medical use of marijuana also includes the growing of medical marijuana
plants or one of the plants provided you comply with the number of plants allowed
under under the law. And try sixteen the Medical Marijuana Act was
amended. And the key there are there are
a number of them that's but the most specific one was now under the one of act in
Michigan those animals that I showed earlier those can now be used and that would
be allowed as medical use of marijuana so in addition to the smoking the longer
mission out
a lot of the other posts be used for medical purposes others also some other
provisions regarding how the marijuana has repackaged. And how it has to be tracked
and OK there's some of that later on the presentation. I mean.
The two thousand and eight Act even as amended a person who is registered as
a qualified patient is allowed to have up to twelve marijuana plants however the
person who is. Registered as
a primary caregiver is allowed to have up to five patients. And what that means is
a caregiver get to have programs for each of his or her patients plus an additional
twelve plants if there are also patients so in essence under Michigan's medical
marijuana law the caregiver can grow up to seventy two plants in one location and
not be prosecuted. There are some limitations the plants have to be
maintained in
a separate post facility prices have to be in place to make sure the plants are
going to be accessed by patients characters the law does allow outdoor throwing of
plants but they have to because in our science and you must not be able to see the
marijuana from adjacent properties. Michigan Minnesota
nowadays cannot prohibit the grow operations of up to seventy two plants provided
they comply with the and that make them bearable want to act there is
a recent case that does indicate the city may be able to impose some regulations
but we can't prohibit the seventy two crap operating operations. In Troy what has
happened is a person were applied for
a building permit and verified that their facility is such that they couldn't close
up to several plants and if they can do that the program will be efficient but once
a building from
a position there really is no mechanism to ensure that the people growing very want
are compliance with the state well. I think this is for Brown takes
over. Yet not enough human resources. So treat complying with the Michigan
Malcolm your one act we didn't need
a tradition of their primitive my writing our high speed. So
a district which stands for integrating cultural business. Me and me not.
Care providers can grow it in residential settings However I want to point this out
that we've got home occupation standards that make that would make it impossible
for someone to establish
a commercial group original it's just it's impossible to meet the standards because
one what you want to recruit. In your home. Next life.
As of December twentieth twenty sixteen we had fifteen go facilities in the city
and compassing three buildings. Come back that no roof today would be higher that's
going back to its last district that we have but I'm confident that the couple will
be on. The rise higher for this department you're right.
This is just going to be somebody who would respond to
a twenty fourteen we call to service these areas these were the shopping
residential areas. Next I made sure all the rest of the operation was shut down due
to really cold Forth code violations I mean. You're not.
Going to get do you. Recall the service for pro locations or did. Most of the
things that we found reader they were in compliance with the seventy two plan which
I just you can imagine how much they said if you plan to take up so in the end it
will be. A good code violations. Class.
Twenty six being a good good move without
a little work in the commercial end of the marijuana are seeing more and more of
the commercial applications. Are getting shut down some. Grow operations
did not like either with. Cold war with with Billy Corgan with the Medical
Marijuana Act So that's left. So just like this one didn't make the sign we
can't can't do that correctional medical marijuana facility they were broken into
WANT TO missile this list here the other one we just had on April eighteenth I'm
not going to merge three Well you know in this case here in this sort of way to the
county and not compliant medical marijuana Well Tanya not compliant Oh grow
operation we didn't get to work on the yeah we need them there's really not time
for the Medical Marijuana Act. And it will be one kind of or. He was
a complaint however they were targeting for Dr marijuana so tired it broke into the
building didn't really change anything it was a unique situation just less
a still under investigation. For Truth. There's been numerous
cases contributing
a better camera want to involve We want to mention one in particular the Turpie
case the city of Wyoming took the stance that many cities including the city are
trying to. Grow operations were not allowed because it's only for the land use
that's illegal undercover officer illegal orders only order it's. Mr Big
challenge that on the butt of marijuana. And the case went all the way up to
Michigan Supreme Court and the courts sort of
a few things first the courts. The city or the it's the zoning ordinance which
Priyanka by the Medical Marijuana Act because the city cannot protest but the state
allows the state
a last minute longer operate shins so the city can look up to that or the city of
Wyoming made
a nonstarter broke. The federal law for yonks the State Ball there are good that
the. State law was unconstitutional violated the law was preempted by the Supreme
Court found
a way to say that no the brother right is not pretty on the state law with regard
to keep provisions including the provisions relating to grow operations so of
essentially Mr Trippi one of his case there was one matter that came out of that
case that is how courts have in this
a pal is the trophy case to say that the state law does not prove close
off regulation of medical marijuana. Operation So that's something we're discussing
a little later on in the presentation. As I indicated there were three new laws
passed in twenty six chain relating to medical marijuana.
One is the marijuana the sillies Licensing Act that allows the commercial license
facilities which I'm not sure and the other is the marijuana tracking Act which is
a law that requires the state to. Contract with the county that's capable of
Margery off marijuana sales from seed to sale as well as being able to verify where
the caregivers the quote life patients are. Either third new
Rather was passed to
a sixteen I've already discussed that was the amendment to the existing Medical
Marijuana Act that allowed for the vote.
Although of these laws were back to December twentieth of twenty sixteen the
new commercial facilities allowed under the medical marijuana facilities Licensing
Act cannot even apply for
a license to the suburb fifteen twenty seventeen. The
Act also creates
a new board to monitor it of course. Poses taxes and fees some of which I'll talk
for. Talk more about
a few moments here. The new medical marijuana facilities Licensing Act authorizes
up to five question licenses for these commercial facilities one is
a grower and as I talk about this more all probably refer to this as
a commercial grower just to distinguish it from the grower of the seventy two
plants that's
a lot of the medical marijuana processor safety compliance its facilities for the
city center the secure transporter those are the five new types of facilities. That
can feel out that they obtain
a license from the state. A commercial grower under this new rack of the potato
license we grow up to fifteen hundred clients in one facility depending on whether
they're class a class B. Or Class C.
Grower. The wrong provides that any commercial grower has to have
a boy a registered caregiver with of these two years' experience
a lot of those say these first broached must be in areas on right across your
industrial use and there's a limitation on cross ownership so
a big grower cannot also be
a primary caregiver or have an interest in one of the other licensed facilities
you'll see that with all the new facilities. You know I was going to give
a pricey she says I can stay here at. The same type of do as
commercial facility off president of the new acting processor processors
a commercial activity that would actually be involved in extracting the resin from
the marijuana plants to make the out of all products again those limitations on the
cross or show the third type of course a facility that would be
a lot of the new laws of the same people pious facility. And just as the name
implies this is
a facility that would actually cast medical marijuana. For purity here and also for
some labeling Cartman's once again there's some crossover. To the
worst type of facility
a lot of the lack of accuracy provisioning Center which essentially is
a. Commercial operation. That sells marijuana for profit
it's sometimes referred to as
a dispensary which is not allowed under the. Old Marijuana Act Under the new Act
three entity obtains a state license as
a provision etc they can so medical marijuana to qualify patients accuracy.
And the facility allowed under the new Act if
a license is obtained is it secure transporter which would essentially transport
medical marijuana products from one license facility to the other this activity
would also be able to store the medical marijuana. One of the
things the new wrap around the police by the Saudis doesn't doesn't for those taxes
and fees there's
a three percent tax on the gross receipts of provisioning centers and when the
state collects that there's
a distribution formula for real which allows twenty five percent. To be returned to
local municipalities but that only applies to them in the studies that actually
have the license facilities and it is proportionate to the number of facilities
that actually existed and because of knowledge. That new Act does also along in
this county that has the license facilities to charge up to five thousand dollars
a year Tory as
a Ministre to the. Government the
other new act of twenty's. Eckstein is the marijuana tracking Act It requires. The
Department of licensing and Regulatory Affairs in the state to establish
a monitoring system to track medical marijuana from seed to sell also be able to
verify who the registered patients and caregivers are I'm sure the law I think we
can add this to the slide but the law says that the system has to be in place
within one hundred eighty days after
a contract is awarded by the story just in the last week the state has selected
track to be in Florida to. Be the tracking system for the state although the actual
contract currently has that worked out but they selected the entity that would do
the trucking. The other thing the medical marijuana
facilities license that specific race is that even this is
a power they does not have to allow the horse facilities to exist the only way.
One of these new after these could get
a commercial license from the state is if the city where they want to locate
doesn't want it specifically not to you know indicating they're going to allow
these facilities. There to.
Give the city does choose to allow the. Facilities they don't have to allow all
five tourist since they could allow one or two or three already
a number of facilities that they choose to do so. Again if the business
value allows that the facilities in charge of the five thousand dollars
a year reach the syllabary. And the magician throughout the ordinance along the
facilities the new law does allow the municipality to adopt
a separate zoning ordinance that works to regulate where the facilities can be
located as well as provide. Some other regulations but
a minister they cannot regulate the purity or pricing of the medical marijuana or
interfere with any of the statutory regulations. And this is why figure need to
make is regardless of whether city the city allows
a diversion facilities it really has no effect on the subject to prayer grow
operations. If we choose to allow the. Course of this all these
people still. Have the study to plan operations without life from the state or we
choose not to allow the course of the Saudis the Saudi to plan operations still
cannot prove that this will still be allowed under the Act that was passed two
thousand right.
Under the law establishing the worst facilities in the study does have some point
requirements if they allow the facilities and there's that application received at
the State level of the city has to provide certain information to the state putting
its ordinates and any regulations. That Apply Plus the description of violations
related to those organs by the particular application process the new board that
decides whether
a license should be issued may consider that or aeration doesn't say it has to say
that information and that information that's untamed from applicant is exempt from
the Freedom of Information that. Are carried through the city's options with
regard to the traversal facilities one option of course is to do nothing if the
city does not. Adopt
a norm that's the commercial facilities. To God exist in the city. Again the city
could out the ordinance along one or two. You are three or any number of the
stories that chooses to do so. If the city doesn't. Allow ourselves the
so is it limited to the types of the syllogism acknowledge so passes on the work
that's as I've indicated which produce things like. The course of the Saudis be
subject to special use of group of course require
a public hearing but again as I've indicated in this valley cannot pass any
regulations that would conflict with the state law. I can tell you where the city's
options. Yes. The city chooses stop our
commercial the Saudis based on the Derby case I just mentioned earlier it's our
opinion the city can still adopt regulations relating to the smaller cities the
seventy two. Plan facilities such as the structure requirements maybe for medical
licensing requirements. And so on and so forth.
Again this is applying to the grow operations of the subject to pressure the Saudis
the city could offer without resorting worth of it's
a matter that the money in those growth facilities to certain areas or require
special land use but I should point out. As you're aware there are some Groff
ration in the city already is going on then that would not tied to the existing
facilities because those facilities would be did not perform use of the zoning law
. But it's our opinion we can't pass the licensing ordinance requiring
a city license or city program that would require inspections. As
a condition of approval make sure this ties to the state law and that would apply
even if you just read the stories because I would be
a police power regulation which anyhow saved welfare regulations such as
a licensing ordinance could be. Apply pressure to the existing facilities as well
as join you grow up ration stats. Are an issue in the city.
Now right when we want to do commercial facilities. Because it reflects the
attitude of. The majority of the residents who approve medical marijuana. It does
have
a potential to focus production to specific areas as I indicated if we allow the
commercial facilities we can have so many regulations limiting them to specific
areas for the health food for off or for to monitor. Because of the
three percent tax that you should have this is how these two five thousand dollars
piece along with person to slow things could bring money in for the city. They
create new jobs. They could provide
a need in the community by access to medical marijuana people who are really in
need of the medical marijuana for the debilitating pain or worse of other medical
conditions. These are the reasons why the city might not want
a lot of the commercial facilities one is the cost to force as
Russ indicated just with the smaller operations. There's
a lot of police contact if you start allowing these large portion the Saudis it
would involve a lot of coaching Foresman as well as
a place. Of responses another reason we may not wish to allow
the worst of the stories is again that could result in an increase in crime.
People break into the strong the Saudis if you have these larger facilities were up
to fifteen hundred plants are growing there's
a likelihood that there could be an increase crime. With people trying to obtain
marijuana for reasons other than medical use. Some other
considerations. One of the theories we have this to why so many
medical marijuana grow operations has actually started in Troy is because we
believe some of the activities. Around his bed in the city might allow commercial
facilities and so they're starting up the smaller facilities with the hope that if
we allow that person the Saudis they could just experiment facilities if the city
chooses not to allow commercial facilities the theory is
a lot of those may be relocated so they do
a lot for cities or do without persons so it's another consideration is that if you
are aware of. What
a national really are it is still illegal to have medical marijuana under federal
law if the new administration decides to start forcing federal law then there would
be of course no one allowing medical marijuana facilities in Troy because it all
the prosecutor on the other hand of the federal law policy has changed in the
Michigan voters approved recreational use of marijuana than that that could have
effect on medical marijuana facilities as well. As all that.
We have some specific recommendations. Our first recommendation is that city
specifically opt out of allowing the commercial facilities under the medical
marijuana facilities licensing. With regard to the. Submarine to find
operations a lot of the better of marijuana it's
a recommendation to the city issued
a moratorium on issuing new apartments where one hundred eighty day period to allow
the city to consider some regulations that would be
a put the word to. The the those groups are so. Also rather reposting
a meeting with some of the building owners contractors cure your worst currently
that have to grow up or
a chanst to educate them on the law that we're considering passing as well as to
play voluntary it's up to inspect their facilities to see if their compliance with
the yeah. They also recommend buying other consult the structure of the stock
three hour basis and they want to. Direct the dish to real value provision or other
goods and indicating that he's the current through operations are violating other
Kirkwall that we see search words have crossed you appropriately.
Question. Stronger than the actual meaning
just tell me what I was representing the city where. You were able to get care
to. Thank ya.
Boy for United. Mine Workers for the rest. Of us in the
news from up here but I. Thank you on your presentation I do get an
opportunity to. Review. For
a plaintiff in the package named him and listen to. His rooms the indication that
there is no last minute. Jurors question you so. When we
talk about the procedure with those in the audience. For those of you who wish to
speak just you know. After we have
a question you know you'll have an opportunity to speak in public comments.
We had to use Keep in mind. We like you limit your your time to three minutes each
to give everyone an opportunity to speak because we do have
a limited amount of time and this will be an opportunity to just speak to the city
council who will be
a question and answer or interaction on this evening so just has just probably come
. So. We're going to be.
Going to Washington D.S.
Engine plan operations that are not in the city or in the world they are from it
and so we know we were there all of them are we go where they are based on the go
to the right of the grid. And she had
a question for us to then. When stuck with to break in so we headed
up what is in your opinion what if they steal anything what were they looking. For
the first one they have up she stole
a lot of their own Well they do get so many what we believe that they were looking
the players that were there were still gushing so they were ready for you shit I
was so that's always you know we still don't know whether it was
a competitor break it is now that. They're gay still it us the
Asians know they're great off just
a great thing. The question is for staff
comes from sending her letters actually wrote
a statement you know I'm. A little conflicted in this because I know it's kind of
coming our way but you know I have I would prefer nothing ever coming to the city
borders and looking at the presentation of the emotion and also looking at some
some of the things we're distributing to surrender. If we if we opt out.
Is that
a firm No no I mean we opt out nobody can come in here and your business where is
that not the case because I've seen about fourteen different options of what could
happen so if we opt out there's no way we can. Operate any of the commercial
facilities that of the five person the soul is allowed under the state law. That
requires a list from the state OK but it does not. Provide
a smaller operations because it's water operations under the water do so where
does that work license from state to and I think so then housing out there what
happens to the to the few that are here already if we if we out down they can still
remain their grandfather to go there or they can still remain because
we here prohibit them. Right we cannot although like that or the good of you may be
able to force some regulations. That are not really grandfathered they're already
allowed under the state law here so your recommendation to first almost opt out.
But and that doesn't necessarily fix the problem in my book it doesn't fix the
problem so but I think in the end when allow us to make. Head heavy ordinance that
would apply to the ones that exist here we could do that whether we ought to enter
the if we are here. If only relates to the new commercial facilities it really has
no effect to what we could do with regard to the facilities that are here we can
it's are good in the east of the trip because we hear the doctor regulations that
are critical to the smaller operations but here prohibit them as long as they
comply with the state law we cannot do so opting into for opting out still allows
the smaller ratios to come down and to do the sort of the better scrub oak and we
can really talk about you know that's really do. The grow operation we didn't talk
really but the the the retailer the other four legs of the business right broke
under the Michigan letter where I was passed and she goes away there is no reason
to go out diskettes Ruiz are not allowed if you hear that term over the scale of
this which is probably tough but riddles are illegal. The only way you could
actually have it destroy the cells other marijuana now is if they get
a license of the viewer. And then the spell of the allows that OK and then
a question on that is my understanding if we if we don't not get your get we out
our anybody intro it could not apply for
a license to the state is that correct or not correct. The. Right
not to review with the actual statute says that they can't the license cannot be
granted if they apply for that they would like the state in the state notifies us
we don't have to work that's the state will grab the license so the only way we're
reversing facilities can exist Troy is of Troy allows us specifically allows more
of them by working OK and then in some so they're If we add in that to make more
and that's that would. Greatly appreciated restrain we know where you're going to
go with after those upper right. To remove the somebody else.
Comes in to the shed. And lot of thoughts you know when you talk tough more about
the scene is wrong because. He said in your opinion and trust me and I'm telling
you this long I think that I DO THAT TO ME case we could try to put some
restrictions on the existing So I need to point out to all the yes that's our work
to do to be VERY says pretty general though it's not specific so. We're not.
Broke. It's up in the week or so regulations what those regulations are we probably
would do
a little more research before you. Do all right that was my question we have any
other municipalities done this and challenges here in New Jersey cases where there
are no this is how it is and how the licensing inspection requirements as far as
that that we have those have been challenges I don't believe so you at least know
no polish cases.
Right now. Because when I'm hearing and just hung up
moratorium that one of the recommendations. Now has I mean by that I
mean I think you mean. How are the moratorium. Is.
This how it's generally have been allowed to pass moratoriums as long as there's
a good reason for doing so the city cannot just for
a moratorium forever but there have been work forums that have. Stopped
the issuance of permits for various land uses to allow this county to develop
regulations for the whole secure world for all of all of this valley this residence
. So you have to justify them or work toward them because if you don't then the
challenge is your take on the property without due process so moratoriums of it up
how about it works very strenuous cases the city has to have
a good reason to do it in time when. The market isn't specifically say
a time limited but if there is no time limit it will be with the subject which I'll
. Stop.
Her from going to work if you have any questions before that country. You have
questions swirling creatinine articulate. Any interesting issue for I mean there's
going to be more and would that be
a good reason then to go to the real position we hear people live that are
last seen that said and done billions during increased crime so I'm sure that you
know they would it would be on our side that marijuana grow facilities would. Go.
To my first thought here if you have coming. In and I don't know
that anybody has the answer but here we are just like. Hanging over our heads what
the new administration is telling Tanner is going to be. Do we have an indication
that. We know the new attorney general pose to medical marijuana
but as far as what actions he's going to take the we are opposed to the. Goal here
to really go forward. Some from the federal level where. It's almost as if we need
to set. That aside as we make our decisions and what we struggle through here could
end up getting up and coming out regularly about why we voted as one of the
considerations that's real low but whom are one of the stories I was of the other
go in search prosecutors know. There's there was no reason to slaughter the law in
the first fourth OK.
I'm just talking top of my head that. Just seems. That we should do
a moratorium could you do nothing. That we should be first
focusing on the in the news to go over. What we have already because whether we
are going to be opt out we still want. No problem doing so it seems to me that's
the first thing we should be working on this is
a local ordinance to go to go live to seventy two. We have more we want to
see like Kashmir for recently. Because you got to do it in your. Own.
Mind wash out the federal government is that we should never rely on the federal
government to. Arm made our decisions for us going down that's
my bridge wash on the for the on. Our own. And just my
third thought. Going into this is that there seems to still be
a lot of questions out there. And it seems to me that if we do the moratorium you
start focusing on getting an ordinance in place that we are going to do anyways
that I think is
a lot more information than I needed to live and listening to visit I have visited
. Two operations in Detroit. I'd like to visit more I'd like to talk to
more like to you that there is from my personal I. I don't I I would like to wait
to opt in or opt out on my that's
a. Cost. And the other thing
they're. In the fight down there is
a statement that said that. Proceeding with opting in with something anything to
maturity and rights was wondering whether there was
a stuff that's too early to gain or to ask. You on the years
a judge to stay through the issue residents of the Kumara want to juggle and that
was the journalistic. Sits in the drawer the residents go to the medical world war
with
a lower work system but the world would be consistent with that job. So let's just
stop just you know with. The order of. The week.
I think you know that there's a
a need. For medical marijuana in certain cases right servants or
diseases that sort of thing and I've seen it myself I've heard stories read in the
papers so I understand that there's there's at each other when you see the the
picture of the the medals you know the last I mean is that every piece station you
know. Medals hanging on the shelves I do not I don't completely she doesn't go that
route but you know it seems more and more likely that that's probably direction of
the state and the country is only going which is unfortunate but that said I don't
think that we you know Troy needs to be the place that people go to grow marijuana
I mean it's you know had to grow corn fields up north that you know that's kind of
more of
a simplistic view but you know why we have to have it in our best real section here
Troy and that that I would rather see machine shops open and that sort of thing
bring revenue into those those those areas so the revenue aspect and job aspects of
this you know that means almost nothing to me and that the revenue in jobs don't
mean something but in this industry I just can't get my arms around it so that's
kind of my motivation for I'm doing whatever we can really really tighten this up
and the operations we have here how do we. Have in
a few years old so let's say that we put
a moratorium on it and we talk about this we tighten up restrictions how do we make
it so that our police officers can go in randomly and and check these things out
and you know in that announced you know they were coming in and we clean up your
act you know I'm not going to do or never knew that it would be
a condition of whatever the proper license would require that allow.
It's and so in order to keep their permit under the city ordinance that we pass
they would have to allow. Periodic inspections were periodic means probably
a work of that but that would be how it would be forcibly expection if they want to
keep their permit they would have to allow the inspection that they don't allow the
inspection that would be
a violation that could be prosecuted. And get prosecuted as
a system either work or civil Russia those are the real discussed as we try to
formulate your and further now and then it is there is there way the city can make
you know ordinance some sort of surveillance and these facilities as
a requirement want to. Do with. Maybe.
Any any regulation has any regulation has to be reasonable regulation here.
I would say probably yes but we would love to see review that and that we can work
with we could use that in the ordinance.
Just to be clear so in. Your opinion that we could create an ordinance that would
go back and really he's risking small Russian army here I mean absolutely on
a high for a man and make them from
a construction higher than us here think you're talking about. I mean it seems
really hard to believe from the standpoint of your hearing operating I mean no I'm
sorry no we were justified as
a general police power regulation of. Zoning ordinances when someone's using
the land you're right it's not for me Usenet's Weisel is only words without like
the Congress but there have been cases of polling various types of both.
Of the woods. Store St Paul regulation for instance signage is there's one thing I
could think of I know that. In the past week the five new site provisions to exist
are signs of those of the just avoid as they wish regulations. Were holes say well
were reasons because of the price not just the layout use but the other aspects of
the operation of the general public. I'm just thinking about mitigation.
Seventy plus off whatever. And geishas it is to stream
or even difficult it's. Not sanctioned be done but the consideration I
think needs to be taken into account. Which we have
come here. On. Many cooperations Internet T.V.
When I. Found here inspection and how they are just. Painted
is selling so clearly they're fairly calm right now someone stopping buying them
silly as they do need out and letting us and others that go for those two more
hours or is there any way to. Right the wrong thing by switching.
Her. I don't know the answer the door from the police to where the address of their
working we feel they have offered for us to come in their name and in
a couple of levels we did go away into our military and we have found violations so
we've really taken a course of action Joe what you're saying is
a very do go if you look at the law of the marketplace you can have
a hard drive material been Haven't you just do the math it doesn't really wait
there's
a lot of these players you can get up to for cold. Year Zero and so on and if you
have five patients I mean a lot of marijuana so. Players are doing
a good go live to have all injured and then
a few that have shut the door on us and. Then the next step in the process is to
get a search warrant that's the there's
a whole nother have. The other commonality need his
own. Hearing Michael I thought was also on. Our
master he would have written you should we decide to. Come out with some sort of
regulation. And licensing or comments or
even say surveillance because the same. Persons right to privacy to medical
conditions so. That that's another fact they want to consider should we should they
go down. In history when. This is
so the surveillance aspect is
a good point but the surveillance aspect of it we're talking specifically grow
operations there should be any retailer tip of situations in
a grow operation correct. Patients who are very carriers carrying the
nation your patients you're given somehow disclose this and name
a book of the patient. Or there could be
a privacy issue with the laws. All the information that caregivers
and patients share with the states now it is confidential. In fact when we have
cases of our medical marijuana we can't get information regarding the people who
apply for where a woman cards unless they actually give us
a release so it's so there's already
a lot of privacy considerations it's just it's all of course that's critical to
call for more of the area where the I am with this is the fact that you know just
about anybody in your medical marijuana card right. When they really need or don't
need it is the state I thought I saw something on one of the slides in the state
trying to tighten that aspect up there trying to create
a registry that would allow. More horsepower you took
a ration actually as the cars. Were actually is
a fear of death so yes they are the new trucking archosaur to work towards that
it's really better idea of. Who they should start but it has to be world
a law enforcement purpose to get that. If I could. Easily and I
am on the news. Concerning discussing more at that point.
Close to seven o'clock AM warning him an opportunity for some and he some public
comment here if we don't get to everyone. At the segments when we go into our
town council meeting go will be an opportunity to speak. There also so we don't get
to everybody here. We will give you an opportunity speak at the regular city
council. Though is it OK if we move to public comment and if there's any more
discussion you can have it on the weekend I. Can tell I see
a show of hands who wants to speak this evening on the side of two three four were
. OK that's not too bad but.
If you could try going to three minutes we would appreciate it was there when you
serve you can just give your name I'll also basically will order or use
a microphone please be sure. My name is SO I CAN know I'm not
on time trial resumes and I want to come here to show my support for law
enforcement here it creates. On four spent in this community I want to make sure
that we give them the tools and opportunity to. To regulate to
monitor to enforce the things that need to be enforced they've they do
a great job their plate is for you for my own personal opinion is we don't need to
add something more on to their plate and potentially bear the cost of that as well
as a community have
a sixteen year old daughter. I don't want this kind of activity in the
neighborhood but one of the benefits of being intro is low crime. I'd
like to see if keep it that way so in terms of my own personal rights let's work
from that. You can see if you see me.
Good evening everyone I mean some more since and I just wanted to make
a couple comments I don't know if you are aware but the average age of
a medical marijuana card holder is like mid thirty's and it's a white male with
a history of substance abuse I also wanted to make
a comment something similar to Ed Pennington mentioned you know I've attended the
city council meetings I've heard residents be concerned about storage facilities
and apartment complexes so how are they going to act in regards to growth in their
neighborhood we want to ride on lessons from information from Colorado and they do
have they have had an increase in crime in drug driving we are also finding
out that amount to cities in Colorado they have more dispensary since Starbucks and
McDonald's and of course I think you are now I am for the prevention of drug and
alcohol abuse so I would like. To. Thank you.
Yes or no. You just wonder why you.
Think My name is Michael Starr. Our attorney the bills area and I represent the
house of roll this century always try to. Raise.
Cultivation operations in the city of of Troy under the patient care you persist on
and I apologize I missed some of what you had said earlier but I respectfully
disagree with your analysis on allowing patient care giver right now if. It does
show Saturday I believe them. Medical Marijuana Act you can prevent someone from
growing for themselves in their home but that doesn't mean that you can not you can
you know that you can allow them you can not you can print out not to grow in an
industrial or commercial setting so to speak which
a lot of other cities have done Troy made the decision
a long time ago to give business permits for individuals to do this or for people
to do this here now you have I think I miss
a total of seventy two or something is that what it was seventy places already
existing that have obtained the business permits here and now you guys are almost
trying to look backward to see what you can do to regulate those it should have
been in session you should have said we don't we're not allow you to grow in
a commercial setting you can grow your house because half of the men you know you
don't want to step on people so as
a medical marijuana happened that would only provide for them to grow their twelve
plants in their house you guys allowed it in
a commercial setting you had people to send them on the community to do that in the
business setting and now I believe you cited if you try to impose significant
regulation or regulation on them now you're going to face off fierce backlash from
the from the individuals that currently operate these I dove again I probably have
represented
a handful of them but I know that these are what is being discussed here today is
going to lead to significant fallout when you have seventy property owners that are
not going to have people that are going to have problem with their leases these are
people that have set up to do it on the commercial licensing system because
obviously one would assume that if
a city allows you to grow right now I guess you would assume that they would opt
into the state licensing and that may be an incorrect assumption but certainly
you're more likely to allow it in
a city that is allowing patient care giver growing up for sale right now. So I
think that you're really going to have
a problem going back and trying to regulate the ones that are already happy isn't
permits but I think you. The analysis is backward on this the under the stroller
under the state licensing system the regulations in place are ten times what they
are right now for patient caregivers patient caregivers all they need is
a business permit anyone can go in and get that under the state licensing system
you're
a heavily bad I mean you can't have anything I don't know if you guys discussed it
but you can't have any felonies you have to prove your business viability you have
to have good moral character and you have to get approval from the state so the
state licensing gives you all the regulation on your security system to everything
it takes care of everything worse
a patient caregiver system there's there's the oversight I think which should be
strongly considering is opting in under the state license exist on and looking to
see what you can do to kind of run to what you did with the with the patient
caregiver system again I don't know what can be done talking to that but the state
licensing system is it's only people that can go in there are true professionals
you have to have the financial resources even be able to do it so those individual
next year it's going to be crime and this is that's it's total nonsense all it's
going to bring are people that don't have records those are the only people that
can get that license and if you work at
a hospital for two or night it clearly lays out what the requirements are to be
able to even apply for that license so the regulation under that is going to be
smaller stringent than it is liberal licenses and just make one more point and I'm
sorry if you could use one yeah I will Mr Anderson to say that you know I don't
think that you want someone interfering with your relationship with your doctor and
neither do I if my doctor writes me
a prescription for medical marijuana of the outside world has recognized that I
have a right to have
a relationship with my doctor if your problem is that too many people are getting
licenses and your problem is with the initial positions but to say that there are
people that have cars. I don't have it now you're challenging
a doctor's opinion and I don't think anybody wants anyone else challenging the
opinion of
a doctor between their personal relationship thanks guys think. Yes or. No
I mean your guy from a business or also a caregiver of property or
a city of Troy which riseth been documenting those days was pretty dangerous drug
point
a couple things that I think he probably had to not be as well as it is that the
seventy two playing out all right tell the doctor under. So almost operations
a night's sleep will get bitched out just just by
a full process that's always faster than selfhood not transfer visitors or she was
the tree just. Buildings the freedom and the city is the freedom to decide what
they want the media want what they want. Those the see like this like he said or
it's going to be like getting this is not
a pretty Joe's in view of the license and he said he would do the. Only BREAK IT IS
THERE WERE I'd like to see him with joy rather than actual I'm not sure of the best
right or wrong but from my understanding of the one craving to immerse silly every
commercial facility that I know of has heroes everything is recorded when something
does happen it is reported missing in one grid in
a commercial facility so far. This thing is we're talking about
a truck of ministration right now from history just against recreational marijuana
where I'm not a city mission is not
a lot of recreational marijuana is medical marijuana so I don't think that's going
to be an issue let me believe that it is and I can't see it ever happening now is
the size of the recreational that I did issue so we're going to live and that's if
the state both. Increased. I guess I don't really believe that there is any
increased crime in the rule of this elite all of the Brits are probably residential
particle who the neighbors knew something something wrong after the commercials
that was our capitalist securities that even my slave got careless and that washing
of the dollar or should be well along the shores of welcome everybody to come take
a look I welcome any one of you guys good luck stories becoming words north of the
. Mistress hears your talk about regulations and having gone to beers shows the
state sure is not decided yet. The rule relations have not been propagated yet
still the fact that going bears on the shelves that's not even we don't even know
if you have everyone even know what it really should be no with the packaging
revisions are going to be so that's one person to say yes I don't work for you but
hold off
a gallon so we find out where the border is one of those relations or. Do you think
if. Anyone wishes. To we're.
Talking about this you have to talk getting out gender that. You want is.
Wrong the joiners and there are
a few things you something else you want to say more and more with.
Less after seven are so close to something important to discuss.
We are enjoying our We'll see you in the city.